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Solidarity for a Flourishing Community

   

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Running head: CST PRINCIPLESCatholic Social Principles and Self-CommunityStudent NameUniversity nameAuthor Name
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CST PRINCIPLESCatholic Social ThoughtsThe catholic belief holds God at the center of everything and he ensures the love, justiceand peace for all his creations (Vatican.va, 2017). The following principles of CST reflect God’sconcern for social lives and are capable of guiding us to establish an intimate relationshipbetween ourselves and others who are surrounding us. Human dignity and lifeThis principle teaches us that human dignity is at the core of society’s moral foundation(Röpke, 2017). Our life is sacred and we must treat our dignity as one of the necessary highervalues to live a healthy life. The history of human civilization has experienced great changes inthe society; the struggle was difficult at times. The human dignity guided us at such difficulttimes and it will. The present world has been suffering from acute materialism which leads us toignore the dignity (Srnicek, Fotou & Arghand, 2013). We forget or deliberately hurt otherpeople’s dignity in order to satisfy our goal of pleasure. We tend to forget that God imprintedhimself upon humans as the likeness encouraged him to do so. Catholic Social Teaching has adefined position regarding the beginning and ending of life that reflects in issues like abortion oreuthanasia (Hitchcock, 2017). Human life and dignity is sacred. Therefore it is our responsibilityto protect our dignity from getting corrupted. The Catholic social thought encourages us toengage in a practice where the right of every innocent soul is protected.
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CST PRINCIPLESCommon goodMost humans place individual self at the centre of their life in the world becauseindividualism has become the primary key force of life. Individuals create the community butnot alone. The interdependence and coexistence of the individual are the basis of communitypractice. The self growth in various aspects of life like political, economic, legal or societal getstranscended and spreads in the global platform (Hopper, 2017). The common good is actually thegood deeds that individual brings to the society and the mutual benefit that gets generated out ofis shared by everyone. Government or other political institutions are active participants in theprocess of achieving common good (Walker, 2014). For an isolated individual it is difficult toachieve the common good but if we focus more on our collectivity than the self, we might beable to achieve the common good in greater number more successfully. The Government and thecommunity consisting of individuals must work responsibly to achieve the common good andenhance the condition of human existence in the world. SubsidiaritySubsidiarity is capable of producing benefit for both the community and the government.If the issues are handled in a local level without the government’s intervention, it can enhancethe economic performance, efficiency and improve the society as a whole. The government is notexpected to act as a dominating force rather should defend the common good of the people(McCann, 2014). The people should be allowed to work on their own to achieve their desiredperformance.
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